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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: arcadefever on December 27, 2005, 11:08:17 pm

Title: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: arcadefever on December 27, 2005, 11:08:17 pm: :o http://cgi.ebay.com/Space-Invaders-Video-Arcade-Game-Operator-Manual-Midway_W0QQitemZ6239602744QQcategoryZ13717QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

;D just print it for free at arcadebasement !!!!! :angel:
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: RayB on December 28, 2005, 12:07:12 am: Is it another 1 cent listing sale at Ebay?

He has this manual also for sale at a reasonable price: http://cgi.ebay.com/Space-Invaders-Video-Arcade-Game-Operator-Manual-Midway_W0QQitemZ6239317876QQcategoryZ13717QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: danny_galaga on December 28, 2005, 06:21:30 am: im trying to decide if hes 'shrewd' or just a 'fool'
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: danny_galaga on December 28, 2005, 06:25:13 am: imm keeping my eye on this golf ball from him:

http://cgi.ebay.com/One-Used-Golf-Ball_W0QQitemZ7207679852QQcategoryZ88444QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

there's an aussie term that comes to mind:

f***witted twit.
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: pointdablame on December 28, 2005, 01:09:56 pm: ebay had a 10 cent listing day yesterday.

A lot of sellers will do this and make a 1 or 3 day auction and then "relist the item" with the actual information.

Its just a way to save the ebay listing fees, and it happens all the time.
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Post by: SithMaster on December 28, 2005, 02:32:42 pm: Quote
imm keeping my eye on this golf ball from him

id watch out for that shipping it seems outrageously high.
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: danny_galaga on December 29, 2005, 08:54:18 am: Quote from: pointdablame on December 28, 2005, 01:09:56 pm
ebay had a 10 cent listing day yesterday.

A lot of sellers will do this and make a 1 or 3 day auction and then "relist the item" with the actual information.

Its just a way to save the ebay listing fees, and it happens all the time.

but thier not 10c listings. theyre 'buy now' for $1900 type listings. my own guess is its to attract attention. lots of people will say to their friends "hey, look at this f***witted twits auction" then loads of people do, and then they look at the other things he has for auction...
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Post by: Q*Bert_OP on December 29, 2005, 12:24:03 pm: I saw a Galaga with kickplate art for an overlay with a BIN fo $3700!!!
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: pointdablame on December 29, 2005, 01:48:48 pm: Quote from: danny_galaga on December 29, 2005, 08:54:18 am
Quote from: pointdablame on December 28, 2005, 01:09:56 pm
ebay had a 10 cent listing day yesterday.

A lot of sellers will do this and make a 1 or 3 day auction and then "relist the item" with the actual information.

Its just a way to save the ebay listing fees, and it happens all the time.

but thier not 10c listings. theyre 'buy now' for $1900 type listings. my own guess is its to attract attention. lots of people will say to their friends "hey, look at this f***witted twits auction" then loads of people do, and then they look at the other things he has for auction...

could be.. but not likely. I'm not saying its a 10c listing for his auction. What I am saying is there are days when ebay only charges a 10cent listing fee for sellers, which can save you a good amount of money if you do a lot of selling.

The thing is.. when ebay has a 10 cent listing day, a lot of people do what this guy did as a placeholder. No one is going to buy a golf ball for a million dollars, so when it doesn't sell in 3 days or 7 days or whatever he set it to, he can relist it for free... and change the title and description.

So what you do is make a lot of fake auctions on the 10 cent day and just slowly add in the real information as those auctions end. I really, really doubt this is just for attention as it happens all the time. There are some sellers i've seen that will have 50 or 100 auctions up that are either titled "test auction" or selling things like a piece of paper for $8000. It's really not uncommon at all. This only caught the attention of BYOAC since its arcade related.
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Havok on December 30, 2005, 09:40:11 am: What are you talking about?

I just ordered my $8000 sheet of paper, must be pretty rare. I can't wait to get it!

;D
Title: Re: you have to be kidding !!!!!!!!!!
Post by: pointdablame on December 30, 2005, 11:08:44 am: Quote from: Havok on December 30, 2005, 09:40:11 am
What are you talking about?

I just ordered my $8000 sheet of paper, must be pretty rare. I can't wait to get it!

;D

ya know.. I have a MINT CONDITION - RARE!!! paper clip that'll go great with that sheet of paper.

I'll let it go for $1200.
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Post by: Q*Bert_OP on December 30, 2005, 01:51:43 pm: Fatal Fury cart MVS RARE*- buy it from me for only $5000

Serial # 42881
*=BS

We all know that this is really rare
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not
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Post by: danny_galaga on December 31, 2005, 11:35:00 am: Quote from: pointdablame on December 29, 2005, 01:48:48 pm
Quote from: danny_galaga on December 29, 2005, 08:54:18 am
Quote from: pointdablame on December 28, 2005, 01:09:56 pm
ebay had a 10 cent listing day yesterday.

A lot of sellers will do this and make a 1 or 3 day auction and then "relist the item" with the actual information.

Its just a way to save the ebay listing fees, and it happens all the time.

but thier not 10c listings. theyre 'buy now' for $1900 type listings. my own guess is its to attract attention. lots of people will say to their friends "hey, look at this f***witted twits auction" then loads of people do, and then they look at the other things he has for auction...

could be.. but not likely.